IAPA announces new officers for 2016-2017
Matthew Sanders, Deseret Digital Media, Utah, is the new president of the organization
Miami (Oct. 18, 2016) .- The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced its new officers for the period 2016-2017, elected during the 72nd General Assembly that concluded on Monday in Mexico City, Mexico.
Senior director and general manager of Deseret Digital Media, Salt Lake City, Utah, Matthew Sanders, replaced Pierre Manigault, The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina in the IAPA presidency. The honorary president of the organization is Scott Schurz, Herald-Times of Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Sanders leads the digital innovation in Deseret Digital Media. He is the first president of the IAPA belonging to an unprinted paper medium. The company DDM consists of a network of partners in 50 states in the US and 50 countries which have generated more than 75,000 articles and more than one billion page views in its websites.
The new president of the IAPA speaks English and Spanish. He graduated with honors in economics from Brigham Young University and has a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University. He has also studied in Paris, France; Washington. D.C. and in Jerusalem, Israel.
Other officers elected are: Juan Luis Correa, Mundo Social, Panama City, Panama, as First Vice President; María Elvira Domínguez, El País, Cali, Colombia as Second Vice President; Christopher Barnes, The Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica, Treasurer and Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Secretary. IAPA Executive Director is Ricardo Trotti.
The Chair of the Executive Committee is Jorge Canahuati, OPSA, Tegucigalpa, Honduras and the Vice Chair is Pierre Manigault.
The Scholarship Fund Board of Governors is chair by María Catalina Saieh, Copesa, Santiago, Chile and the Vice Chairs are Pamela Howard, Scripps Howard Foundation, Cincinatti, Ohio and Ernesto Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina. Shida Bolai, Caribbean Telecommnication Network, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is the Secretary of the board and its Treasurer is Idelfonso Chávez, El Pueblo de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. IAPA Executive Director, Ricardo Trotti is also member of this board.
The Chair of the Board of the Board of Governors of the Press Institute, the IAPA educational arm, is Fabricio Altamirano, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador and the President of the Institute is Silvia Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Perú. As Vice Presidents were elected André Jungblut, Gazeta do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil; Francisco N. Fascetto, Diario Popular, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Fernán Molinos, Metro Libre, Panama City, Panama. Other members of the board of the IAPA Press Institute are: Treasurer, Carlos Salinas, El Diario de Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico; Secretary: Jaime Ruiz Moreno, Novedades de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico and the Executive Director, Ricardo Trotti.
The members of the Advisory Council of the Press Institute are: RodolfoDumas, La Tribuna, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Leonor Etchevehere, El Diario, Paraná, Argentina; Hugo Holmann, La Prensa, Managua, Nicaragua; Gonzalo Leaño Reyes, Ocho Columnas, Zopopán, Mexico; Marcela Noble Herrera, Grupo Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Julia Rodríguez Larreta, El País, Montevideo, Uruguay; Jay Seaton, The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado; Gilberto Urdaneta, El Regional de Zulia, Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela; Johny Yataco, Washington Hispanic, Washington, DC; Natalia Zuccolillo, ABC Color, Asunción, Paraguay; Adriano Tejada, Diario Libre, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Nicolás Pérez, El Universo, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
In addition, the Board of Directors of the IAPA renewed two thirds of its members for the period 2016-2018. The 20 new board members elected by the vote of the representatives of IAPA media members who participated in the 72nd General Assembly in Mexico City are: Marcel Granier, RCTV, Caracas, Venezuela; Silvia Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru; Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina; María Catalina Saieh, Copesa, Santiago, Chile; Martín Etchevers, Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Guillermo Zuloaga Siso, TV Venezuela, Coral Gables, Florida; Carlos Jornet, La Voz del Interior, Córdoba, Argentina; David Aponte, El Universal, Mexico City, Mexico; Cristina Aby-Azar, The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York; Ernesto Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina; Asdrúbal Aguiar, El Impulso, Barquisimeto, Venezuela; Washington Beltrán, El País, Montevideo, Uruguay; María Eugenia Mohme, La República, Lima, Perú; Carlos Pérez Barriga, El Universo, Guayaquil, Ecuador; Carlos Mantilla Battle, El Comercio, Quito, Ecuador; Armando Castilla, Vanguardia, Saltillo, Mexico; Juan Pablo Illanes, El Mercurio, Valparaíso, Chile; Eduardo Salinas, Venevisión, Caracas, Venezuela; Álvaro Caviedes, La Tercera, Santiago, Chile and Jaime Ruiz, Novedades de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
